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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1968
Page
1
A reader column argues that mail order gifts sent without consent are the sender’s risk and urges West Virginia to pass a law allowing recipients to treat such items as gifts or discard them. The piece condemns the practice as shoddy and calls for state action in the next legislative session.
Two groups of church women will staff the bloodmobile advance donor sign up station at Anderson Frazier Insurance and Main. Unity Baptist Church women work until 12:30 p.m. then BeBes CME Church women take over until 5 p.m. Bloodmobile in Hope on Monday Nov 1 and Tuesday Nov 2 from 12 to 6 p.m. Haskel Jones says Hempstead has a deficit of 177 pints. Sign up Monday and give next week. First Baptist Church women will serve as registrars and servers for both days.
Bernard says he is closing on his fee amid campaign turbulence. Report discusses candidate payments and lingering questions about debate participation. Names and precise figures are unclear due to garbled text but reference to controversy and timing remains.
Waldo Frasier of Little Rock, executive vice president of the Arkansas Farm Bureau Federation, says proponents of a constitutional convention should specify the changes they advocate. He notes the federation opposes calling a convention and supports change by constitutional amendment. Frasier says convention proponents have avoided detailing necessary changes, arguing the public should know what is proposed.
A new high rise rotating restaurant in Moscow called Seventh Heaven offers four fixed menus with no substitutions and minimum prices of 8 rubles or $8.88 per person. Drinks are extra. Patrons note the price but praise the view from the 1,722 foot central television tower, part of the world’s tallest free standing structure.
Berlin authorities report a wave of treason and dissent trials for East Germans who protested the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia. Horst Bonnet, stage director at East Berlin Comic Opera, received a 24½ year sentence for leaflets. Other trials may involve 20 or more people including the 11 year old and 1 year old sons of scientist Robert Hagemann.
In Athol Massachusetts an AP report notes a community event titled The Iehy Stitches Revue. The sponsored evening features a relslog style musical calendar with eclectic acts and is expected to draw local residents seeking entertainment and novelty.
The Associated Press reports Americans gain an hour by turning clocks back this Saturday but state and local rules create a patchwork of time zones. Indiana and North Dakota split time zones, Michigan and South Dakota exempt themselves, and lawmakers weigh referendums as transportation officials regulate zones amid farmers and retailers concerns.
A Northeast Airlines flight with 39 passengers and 3 crew crashed in fog on Moose Mountain near Hanover New Hampshire. Thirty-two people died and 10 survived. Survivors were ferried to Mary Hitchcock Hospital as rescuers battled rough terrain overnight.
The Arkansas Audubon Society holds its state meeting in Hope for three days October 25 26 27 with a dinner tonight at Town and Country featuring Dr D A James and Freeman D Thomas. Attendees include Sterling Lacy H H Shugart Mrs Larry Burns and Charles Gardner plus entry of nationally known bird photographer Mrs John T Daniel. Local slides from Paul Klipsch Weaver Collins Cecil Bittle and others shown during events.
Retired Marine Gen. David M. Shoup says the late Sen. Robert F. Kennedy unfairly colored the Joint Chiefs of Staff role in the 1962 Cuba missile crisis. Kennedy suggested many advisers weighed only political costs, even hinting at air strikes, invasion, or a direct move against the Soviet Union.
Hartman Arkansas AP reports Robert Fobes 48 of Hartman died Thursday night in a US 64 crash three miles west of town. Police say his pickup attempted a left turn and was struck by a car driven by 18 year old Thomas Warren, also of Hartman.
The mother of an Air Force pilot imprisoned in Hanoi reveals captives are restricted to four lines in letters addressing health and family matters. Anne Driscoll of Chicago describes her son Donald Driscoll’s brief note saying he is well, asks her to sell his old spar and buy herself a new one, and mentions concern for her safety.
Washington AP notes the Day of Citizens Committees as a broad loose network supporting candidates. Both Humphrey and Nixon claim dozens of groups including professional and interest committees, while Wallace has none. Taxi drivers’ committee for Nixon proves effective, with coordinators urging literature and bumper stickers.
Washington reports indicate President Johnson is pressing for secret negotiations with North Vietnam to deescalate the war and bring Paris peace talks to a new phase. Hanoi denies a bombing halt accord, while U.S. officials and Nixon indicate officials have pushed hard for a cease fire or bombing halt terms. North Vietnam insists the National Liberation Front must represent South Vietnam in any talks.
New York Senate race features three liberal Republicans with Democratic backing along with an antiwar Democrat who won’t endorse the party ticket. Jacob Javits, 64, incumbent seeking a fourth term, has crossed party lines by courting the Liberal Party. The campaign centers on war policy and cross endorsements amid a volatile political landscape.
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